Details

Subjects:

Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- India.
Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
India.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India).

Form/Genre:

Hymns (documents)
Poems.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Attributed to Śaṅkarācārya, but more likely written by one of his followers.

Summary:

Work celebrating pilgrimage sites in the city of Kāśī (Varāṇasī) and the benefits associated with them. Praises Śiva as the Lord of the universe (Viśveśvara).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v).
Written in 6 lines per leaf.
3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śaṃkarācāryaviracitaṃ niryāṇaṣṭakaṃ svadeha eva tristhalīvarṇanasaṃpūrṇaṃ samāptaṃ // śrīviśveśvarārpaṇam astu // (f. 3v).
Vertical margins marked with double red line.

Cited in:

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1787 (UP 2472).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2472.

OCLC:

968132145